St. Paul daily globe., 1887-11-06

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avail, and when he returned to his cell
it was the same wild, determined, en-
thusiaStic, desperate anarchist that he
has always been. Lingg has received let
terS from his mother and sister in SwitZ-
erland, urging and imploring him not
TO sign any petition for pardon or clem-
emcy if he is innocent, but rather to die
hundred deaths than do so. Still the
effort to induce him to relent will not be
relaxed until the very last moment, and
the utmost pressure of his counsel,
friends and fellow anarchists Ouside
will be brought to bear on him
to put his name on the paper. 1t is
thought he is the stumbling block in the
way of Fischer, Engel and Parsons
signing, and if he could be induced to
do so, they would follow suit. 1t is
hoped that they will yet be induced to
do SO in any case, but while
Lingg Holds Out
it is much harder to influence them in
that direction. Miss Mueller bore her
iSolatian with fortitude, but disappoint-
ment. While she was willing that his
friends should use their influence to in
duce him to join in an attempt
at his own salvation, from the
gallOwS it was apparent that she would
rather have been talking to him herself.
Mrs. Parsons was another of the first
arrivals to-day. She got there earlier
than is her wont, and she brought with
her basket of the literature which her
main business in life at present
is to circulate and distribute.
Her first proceeding on entering the
Jail to-day was to supply a number of
fellow-prisoners of her husband with
copies of his autobiography. She sold
quite number of them. When she
had supplied all who would buy, she
devoted herself
To Her Husband
and had long conversation with him in
a corner away from any of the others.
August Spies had an unusual number
of visitors. First came his brother Chris
and his wife, with little infant in her
arms. Then his mother arrived and
later on Miss Van Zandt, and then
his second girl. She was richly dressed,
wearing a brOnze-eolored felt hat and
feather to match, a rich seal plush cloak
and silk dress. While she was present
Miss Van Zant kept closer to August
than ever and allowed not word of
the conversation that passed between
them to escape her ears. 1t was a sad
party that surrounded the editor of the
Arbeiter Zeitung, but the SaddeSt-lOOking
of the group was Nina. She looked the
very embodiment of hopeless misery.
Spies himself was the happiest looking
of the entire party. While the cynical
expression that characterizes him seems
to deepen as the hour of his execution
approaches, he allows no feeling of
dependency or dread or grief or fear
to escape him, but conducts himself as 4
man might who is undergoing
Some Light Sentence
of Imprisonment. Engel's callers to-day
were his wife and son, and he devoted
his whole hour of release from his cell
to them, paying no attention to anybody
else. He is one of the obdurate ones in
relation to signing the amnesty petition.
but it is believed that he could be
brought around if the others would
give in. There is nothing demonstra-
tive in the conduct OF either
Engel or his victors. They hold their
converse quietly and in as retired a
manner as the circumstances will allow,
their effort apparently being to attract
as little attention as possible. Schwab
wears diSconsOlate expression. which
heightens the effect of his natural ca
dayeOrOuS appearance. He pre-
sents the most pitiable appear
ance of any of the condemned
seven and eXeiteS more momentary
sympathy on account of the aimleSs,
hopeless expression which never for
sakeS his cOuntenance. Failing in his
mission to Lingg. Capt. Blacks myster-
iOns friend turned his attention to Fis-
cher. Mrs. Fischer was in conversation
with her husband when he approached.
but she gladly gave way to him, as if
she were anxious to have him exhaust
all his persuasive powers on her hus-
band, if only he could induce him to sign
that petition. Mrs. Fischer wore
A Brighter Face
to-day than she has any day during the
week, but whether it is the natural
deadening of her grief by time or some
ground for hope she has that her hus-
bands sentence will be committed that
causes her increased cheerfulness, did
not appear. Fischer was not so demon
stratiye as Lingg in his conversation
with the stranger, but he appeared to be
equally firm in his determination not
to sign any petition. The belief
Strengthening among the Jail officials,
that Gov. Oglesby will commute the SEN
tence of the doomed seven seems to be
and, however strange it may appear,
some of them seem inclined to regret
the chance of that course being adopted.
They seem in favor of the sentence
being carried out to the extreme length,
and are inclined to resent the eff
fort that is being put forth
TO save the lives of their
prisoners, especially by people outside
of the state of Illinois, who they think
have no right to have any say in the
case If the sentence is to be executed,
it will be done without any compunetion
on their parts. OF course. you notice l
say, if it is to be done, and small as that
if is, it carries with it the reputation of
this great state. JOE HOWARD, JR.
FOR A PARDON,
H. I,A 20